However calling US tipping a “custom” is a bit much. I’d be more inclined to call it a “duty” or a “responsibility”.

Other good sources of umami (I use both). Mushroom powder; and dried seaweed.

You prevent diacetyl but giving your beer a diacetyl rest- any brewer should know this (even homebrewers know this). Leave the beer on the lees until the yeast can reabsorb the diacetyl (and acetyladehyde)

A ready-to-eat, roast beef, Sunday dinner. For one. Sold at the local petrol station.

You neither “drink” or “eat” soup, you “take” soup. Barbarians.

Think of it not as “only has 20 cupcakes” but as “only has 20 cupcakes left”...

I get perfect rice everytime. And I don’t own a rice cooker.

But I can buy a 10kg bag of basmati rice for the price of two packets of that.

Don’t bother with the starch washing, it doesn’t work. The trick is to use a saucepan with a heavy lid. Use the ratio of 2:1 water:rice. Lightly saute the rice first in butter on high heat, add salt, then add boiling water. Put on the lid and drop the heat to the lowest setting your stove can handle. And leave it for…

So you’re looking forward to all that advance chatter from the non-America members here when they see the movies ahead of the US.

I would love them to have a round where the contestants compete to out-camp each other, the winner being crowned Queen. And they should call it Ready Gayer One..

The Quiet Place and Blockers is already here (as is Duck Duck Goose and Ghost Story- released for school half-term holidays). And Infinity War is opening on the 19th...

Or “a gel”. It’s how they define cheese too.

Counterpoint- it can be absolutely heartbreaking to lose chickens to a fox strike (as happened to our chickens). After we lost our last pair, my wife decided that we would never have any again. It’s a pity, I really miss their little presences in the back garden.

The advantage over here in Ireland is that a pancake is a crepe and even my kids can rustle one of those up in 5 minutes...

I noticed that too- I was wondering if it was my browser.

In Europe, Dutch Oven means something altogether different...

In Europe, Dutch Oven means something altogether different...

I see no problem with eating out with young children/babies. Three rules though:

My kids (12 and 16) always order their steaks rare to medium-rare (depending on the cut).

In fairness, hopless beers are hardly a new thing- we still have beers on the market with the likes of heather and bog-oak as the bittering agent.